Heloridae
Family of wasps
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Heloridae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, known primarily from fossils, and only one extant genus, Helorus, with 12 species found worldwide.[1][2][3][4][5] Members of Helorus are parasitic on green lacewings.[1]
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| Helorus anomalipes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Proctotrupoidea |
| Family: | Heloridae Förster, 1856 |
Extant genera
- Helorus (12 spp. worldwide)
Fossil genera
- †Archaeohelorus Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- †Bellohelorus Li et al. 2017 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Conohelorus Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Korehelorus Rosse-Guillevic, Rasnitsyn, Nam, & Jouault, 2023 Jinju Formation, South Korea, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
- †Laiyanghelorus Zhang 1992 Laiyang Formation, Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Liaoropronia Zhang and Zhang 2001 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Novhelorus Li et al. 2017 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Obconohelorus Rasnitsyn 1990 Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Protocyrtus Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian) Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia Yixian Formation, China, Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Sinohelorus Shi et al. 2013 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Sinuijuhelorus Jon et al. 2019 Sinuiju Formation, North Korea, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- †Spherogaster Zhang and Zhang 2001 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
